Editor: Rod Edwards (edwards@math.uvic.ca)

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CONTENTS

Society News:

1. CAIMS Membership Reminder

2. CAIMS 2007 – Programme

3. CAIMS Prizes – Call for Nominations

Position Announcements:

4. McMaster University – Post-Doctoral position in Computational Fluid
Dynamics

Summer Schools and Workshops:

5. Undergraduate Workshop on Control and Stability (Waterloo)

6. Atelier de resolution de problemes industriels (Montreal)

7. Introduction to Infectious Disease modelling and its Applications
(London, UK)

Conferences:

* Links to the web pages for these and other conferences can be found
by clicking on “Upcoming Meetings and Workshops” at the CAIMS*SCMAI
home page: www.caims.ca/.

8.* Symposium on Kinetic Equations and Methods (Victoria)

9.* Adaptive Dynamics Workshop (Ottawa)

10.* Second International Conference of the French-speaking Society for
Theoretical Biology (Winnipeg)

11.* Conference on Applied Inverse Problems (Vancouver)

12.* Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Multiscale Nonlinear Systems
(Oregon State)

13.* International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM
2007) (Zurich, Switzerland)

14.* Society of Mathematical Biology 2007 Annual Meeting (San Jose,
California)

15.* SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania)

16. CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information

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From: Leah Keshet <keshet@math.ubc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:47:53 -0800 (PST)

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CAIMS MEMBERSHIP REMINDER
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Dear CAIMS member,

Your support of CAIMS is important to the welfare of the Society, and to
the larger community of applied mathematicians in Canada. But we need not
only you as an individual. We also need your help to alert

– your graduate students about bebefits of CAIMS membership

– your colleagues, and particularly those who are new to your department,
and may not yet know about CAIMS

– your department or institution. The subscription of institutional
members is a vital life-source for CAIMS and only by your efforts is this
renewal recognized as important by your department head.

Please consider helping out in our membership drive, and make the society
flourish with your support and help.

With Thanks,

Leah Edelstein-Keshet
(Membership Committee, CAIMS)

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From: Rod Edwards <edwards@math.uvic.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:00:00 -0800 (PST)

CAIMS*SCMAI 2007
Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
May 20 – 24, 2007

We invite you to participate in CAIMS*SCMAI 2007, the annual meeting of
the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe Canadienne
de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles to be held in one of the
world’s most inspiring locations, Banff, Alberta. Participants will be
staying at the famed Banff Centre, home to the Banff International
Research Station and to a famed cultural retreat.

(See http://www.math.ualberta.ca/ami/caims2007.html for more information.)

This will be the largest and most diverse meeting yet held by CAIMS*SCMAI
alone, with an estimated 136 speakers overall. The scientific programme
will include the following themes.

Main Session Themes

1. Applied linear algebra
(Organizer: H. Wolkowicz, Plenary speaker: N.J. Higham)
2. Computational PDE
(Organizer: A. Bourlioux, Plenary speaker: P. Colella)
3. Cryptography on small devices
(Organizer: H. Williams, Plenary speaker: S. Vanstone)
4. Dynamical systems
(Organizer: W. Langford, Plenary speaker: S.-N. Chow)
5. Fluid dynamics
(Organizer: B. Moodie, Plenary speaker: J.W.M. Bush)
6. Mathematics of finance
(Organizer: M. Davison, Plenary speaker: E. Ronn)
7. Math biology, in honour of Pauline van den Driessches 65th birthday
(Organizer: M. Lewis, Plenary speaker: K. Hadeler)
8. Geophysical inversion theory
(Organizer: M. Lamoureux, Plenary speaker: W. Symes)

Contributed Mini-symposium themes

9. Mathematical tumor modelling
(Organizers: T. Hillen, D. Coombs)
10. Spectra and pseudospectra of matrix polynomials
(Organizer: R. Corless)
11. Localized patterns in reaction-diffusion systems
(Organizer: D. Iron)
12. Dynamics of gene regulatory networks
(Organizers: R. Edwards, P. van den Driessche)
13. Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of flows of complex
fluids
(Organizers: I. Frigaard, R.G. Owens)
14. Numerical linear algebra and applications
(Organizers: X.-W. Chang, C. Greif)
15. Stochastics and dynamics
(Organizer: M. Li)
16. Innovative numerical algorithms for ODEs and PDEs
(Organizer: P. Muir)
17. Stochastic spatial models of biochemical systems
(Organizer: P. Tupper)
18. Spline collocation and differential equations
(Organizer: C.C. Christara)
19. Pattern formation with mean flow
(Organizer: R. Wittenberg)

Registration information can be found at the conference website
http://www.math.ualberta.ca/ami/caims2007.html
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From: Rod Edwards <edwards@math.uvic.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:25:00 -0800 (PST)

CAIMS*sCMAI prizes – call for nominations

Nominations are requested for the three annual prizes awarded by
CAIMS*SCMAI.

Deadline for nominations: January 31, 2007.

The CAIMS*SCMAI Research Prize
– Established to recognize innovative and exceptional research
contributions in an emerging area of applied or industrial mathematics.
– Nominations should be sent to Jianhong Wu (wujh@mathstat.yorku.ca).
– See https://www.caims.ca//Awards/Rprize.html

The Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award
– Established to recognize and to publicize an outstanding PhD thesis in
Applied Mathematics defended at a Canadian University during the calendar
year prior to the year of the award.
– Nominations should be sent to Matt Davison (mdavison@uwo.ca)
– See https://www.caims.ca//Awards/DDaward.html

The Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award
– Established to honour members of CAIMS/SCMAI who have made outstanding
efforts on behalf of the Society, exhibiting those traits embodied by
Arthur Beaumont.
– Nominations should be sent to Serpil Kocabiyik (serpil@math.mun.ca)
– See https://www.caims.ca//Awards/ABaward.html

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From: “Bartosz Protas” <bprotas@mcmaster.ca>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:54:38 -0500

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

An opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow is anticipated in the Department
of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University. The focus of this
industry-funded position will be continued research on integration of
Optimization Theory and Computational Fluid Dynamics with the goal to
develop computational strategies for optimization of multi-physics
fluid systems. In addition to substantial experience in scientific
computing, an ideal candidate would also have background in
Computational / Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Optimization / Control
Theory.

The fellowship is open to candidates of any nationality and selection
will be based upon the candidate’s research potential. Pending
approval of funding, the tentative start date of the position is
September 1, 2007 and the anticipated duration of the position will
two years with an annual salary of $40,000CAD. Candidates are required
to apply for these fellowships by using the MathJobs website; see our
advertisement at www.mathjobs.org. We will begin to review applications
on March 15, 2007, however, applications will continue to be accepted
until the position is filled. Applicants should provide at least
three letters of recommendation. Preferably these letters will be
submitted through the MathJobs website (see above); they may also be
sent directly to:

Dr. Bartosz Protas
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8S 4K1
Phone: +1 (905) 525 9140 ext. 24116
Fax: +1 (905) 522 0935
Email: bprotas@mcmaster.ca
URL: www.math.mcmaster.ca/~bprotas
modelmath.mcmaster.ca

We appreciate all replies to this advertisement, but applications will
not be acknowledged. McMaster is committed to Employment Equity and
encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including
aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible
minorities and women.

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From: Sue Ann Campbell <sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:18:02 -0500

Dear Colleague,

Please bring the following announcement to the attention of
your third year undergraduate students.

With best regards,

Sue Ann Campbell

Undergraduate Workshop on Control and Stability
University of Waterloo
Waterloo Ontario Canada
April 30 – May 11, 2007

The first Canadian Undergraduate Workshop on Control and
Stability will be held April 30 – May 11, 2007 at the University
of Waterloo. This workshop is organized by the Dynamical Systems
and Control Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics.

Objective

The mathematical theory of control and stability is an active area of
applied mathematics with wide applications in science and engineering.
In modelling scientific or economic phenomena the stability of the
system is often the first issue to be addressed. In cases where the
behaviour is deemed inappropriate, tools from control theory are used to
engineer interventions to arrive at the required performance. The
workshop will expose students to the mathematical theory needed to design
such interventions, as well as how to use this theory to address problems
from a wide array of applications. In addition, the workshop will provide
an opportunity for the participating students to be involved in
collaborative research, as part of the workshop will involve teams of
students taking on mini-research projects.

Participants

The workshop is primarily directed toward students who have finished their
3rd year of undergraduate studies and have an overall average of at least
80%. Exceptional second year students may also be considered. Students
from all Canadian universities are invited to apply for admission to the
workshop. Accepted participants will be provided with full financial
support covering both travel and living expenses.

Applicants should send by post or email
* a confidential letter of reference
* a certified copy of their transcript
To: Summer Workshop
c/o Dr. Brian Ingalls
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
bingalls@math.uwaterloo.ca

Applications are due by Feb 1, 2007.

Instructors

Sue Ann Campbell
Dong Eui Chang
Brian Ingalls
Xinzhi Liu
Kirsten Morris

Format

The workshop will run for two weeks. The first week will comprise an
introduction to the field in classroom format, with several hours of
lectures each day coupled to exercises to be carried out on the day’s
material. The exercises will include a lab component in which the students
will explore aspects of the theory through a cart-mass-spring system
and a coupled water tank system.

Topics:

i) Review of ODE’s, Laplace transforms, stability results for
linear systems

ii) State-space control theory (controllability, observability,
static and dynamic stabilizability)

iii) Frequency domain control theory (transfer functions, Frequency
response, graphical techniques)

iv) Stability of nonlinear systems, Lyapunov techniques

v) Controller design (PID, LQR, optimal control)

The second week of the workshop will be project based. The group will
split up into teams of approximately five students and each team will be
assigned a mini research project in an application area. The teams
will spend the week researching their problem, with the guidance of one
of the school instructors, and apply the tools they acquired in the
previous week to its solution.

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From: Anne Bourlioux <bourliou@DMS.UMontreal.CA>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:25:09 -0500 (EST)

Annonce preliminaire: premier atelier de resolution de problmes
industriels de Montreal.

Cet atelier d’une semaine, qui aura lieu la fin du mois d’aot 2007,
reunira des representants de l’industrie, des chercheurs universitaires,
des etudiants des cycles superieurs et des stagiaires postdoctoraux. Il
est organise par le Centre de recherches mathematiques, en collaboration
avec le GERAD, le CRT et le rcm2, et est parraine par le reseau de centres
d’excellence MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex
Systems). Les participants formeront des equipes dont chacune analysera un
problme fourni par une compagnie ou un organisme public ou parapublic.
Les buts principaux de l’atelier sont de donner des compagnies ou
organismes des outils de resolution de problmes, et de permettre des
chercheurs universitaires d’examiner des problmes concrets.

Pour plus de details, consulter (ds le 1er fevrier 2007):
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/probindustriels

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From: Emilia Vynnycky <emilia.vynnycky@hpa.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:55:58 -0000

2 week intensive course on:

“INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELLING AND ITS APPLICATIONS”

organized jointly between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
and the Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, UK

Venue: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Course dates: 4-15th June 2007

Summary:

Mathematical modelling is increasingly being applied to interpret and
predict the dynamics and control of infectious diseases. Applications
include predicting the impact of vaccination strategies against infections
and determining optimal control strategies against influenza, HIV, vector-
borne diseases and veterinary problems.

This two week intensive course is intended to introduce professionals
working on infectious diseases in human or animal populations to this
exciting and expanding area. The emphasis will be on developing a
conceptual understanding of the basic methods and on their practical
application, rather than the manipulation of mathematical equations.

Who should attend:

The course is designed for individuals interested in expanding their
knowledge of the techniques for analysing and interpreting epidemiological
data on infectious diseases and for predicting the impact of control
programmes, including medical and health professionals, policy makers,
veterinary scientists, medical statisticians and infectious disease
researchers.

Specialist mathematical training is not a prerequisite. However,
individuals with degrees in mathematical disciplines working on some
aspect of infectious disease dynamics and/or control, who wish to learn
about the potential of infectious disease modelling will also benefit.

For copies of the leaflet and application form, please contact:

Registry
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
50 Bedford Square
London,
WC1B 3DP
UK

email: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk

Further details about the course content are available at
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/siidma.html
or contact one of the course organizers:
Emilia Vynnycky or Richard White
e-mail: emilia.vynnycky@lshtm.ac.uk or emilia.vynnycky@hpa.org.uk or
richard.white@lshtm.ac.uk

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From: Rod Edwards <edwards@math.uvic.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:20:00 -0800 (PST)

Symposium on Kinetic Equations and Methods
University of Victoria
April 27-28, 2007

A conference in honour of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences.

World leaders from diverse branches of kinetic theory will gather for an
intense two-day workshop at the University of Victoria in April, 2007.
Ten invited speakers will deliver hour-long lectures on recent work in
kinetic equations. The organizers expect that this format will attract
many participants in addition to the speakers. The structure of the
meeting represents a unique opportunity to hear up-to-date reports from
leaders in many branches of the field at one meeting. Students especially
would benefit from this opportunity.

Visitors may wish to stay in Victoria for the weekend or a longer period,
combine their conference experience with a spring tour of southern
Vancouver Island, or visit other venues in the neighborhood.

http://pims.math.ca/science/2007/07kin/

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From: Frithjof Lutscher <flutsche@uottawa.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:51:11 -0500

Second announcement – Adaptive Dynamics Workshop in Ottawa, May 2007

The Mathematics of Evolution: Adaptive Dynamics in Theory and Practice. A
Fields Institute Workshop at the University of Ottawa, 7th-9th May 2007.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together the leading mathematicians
and evolutionary biologists in the field to report on recent progress from
both sides, to provide a forum for interdisciplinary discussion, and to
identify future research directions. The workshop also aims to provide
graduate students with the opportunity to discuss their ideas with these
internationally renowned researchers. More details and registration can be
found at:
http://www.science.uottawa.ca/~fluts037/FIELDS/fieldsworkshop.html
or by contacting Frithjof Lutscher (flutsche@uottawa.ca).

Financial support is available for students and postdocs, and we
particularly encourage women and minorities to apply for funding.
Applications for funding are accepted until Feb 15. They can be made
through the registration website.

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From: “Julien Arino” <arinoj@cc.umanitoba.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:34:12 -0600

This is an announcement for the Second International Conference of the
French-speaking Society for Theoretical Biology, which will take place
at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 4-6
2007.

The main language of the Conference will be French, although some
presentations in English will be accepted. More information can be
found on the Conference website at
http://euromedbiomath.free.fr/w2007/

En esperant vous voir en Juin,
Julien Arino et Stephanie Portet, organisateurs.

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From: Rod Edwards <edwards@math.uvic.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:25:00 -0800 (PST)

AIP 2007
Conference on Applied Inverse Problems 2007:
Theoretical and Computational Aspects

June 25-29, 2007
University of British Columbia Campus, Vancouver, Canada

About AIP:

The enormous increase in computing power and the development of powerful
algorithms has made it possible to apply the techniques of Inverse
Problems to real-world problems of growing complexity. Applications
include a number of medical as well as other imaging techniques, location
of oil and mineral deposits in the earth’s substructure, creation of
astrophysical images from telescope data, finding cracks and interfaces
within materials, shape optimization, model identification in growth
processes and, more recently, modelling in the life sciences.

The series of AIP Conferences aim to provide a primary international forum
for academic and industrial researchers working on all aspects of inverse
problems, such as mathematical modelling, functional analytic methods,
computational approaches, numerical algorithms etc.

http://www.pims.math.ca/science/2007/07aip/home.html

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From: R.E. Showalter <show@math.oregonstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:46:58 -0800 (PST)

Multiscale Workshop at Oregon State, June 25-29, 2007

Workshop on “Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Multiscale Nonlinear
Systems” in Cooperation with Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM) Activity Group on Geosciences

June 25-29, 2007. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon,

http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/multiscale/workshop/

PROGRAM:

The workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists
working on various aspects of nonlinear coupled phenomena occuring at
multiple spatial and temporal scales in natural and man-made environments.
The program includes general overview talks on methods and applications as
well as special topics. See website for details.

CONFIRMED LEAD SPEAKERS:

Todd Arbogast (University of Texas, Austin), Majid Hassanizadeh
(Utrecht University), Thomas F. Russell (NSF)

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Emmanuele di Benedetto (Vanderbilt University), Yalchin Efendiev
(Texas A&M), Markus Hilpert (Johns Hopkins University), Tissa
Illangasekare (Colorado School of Mines), David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie
Mellon University), Brent Lindquist (SUNY, Stony Brook), Susan Minkoff
(University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Edward Waymire (Oregon
State University), Brian Wood (Oregon State University).

CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT:

We invite contributions on multiscale models, analysis, and computational
methods. Both contributed presentations and posters will be included in
the program. There are opportunities for at least partial support for some
participants. We encourage women, persons with disabilities, and those
from underrepresented groups to participate and to apply for support.

Registration, submission of abstracts, and requests for support will be
accepted online starting 1/15/2007.

ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT:

Local (Oregon State): Malgorzata Peszynska, Ralph Showalter, Son-Young Yi

Program: Seth Oppenheimer (Mississipi State), Alexander Panchenko
(Washington State), Anna Spagnuolo (Oakland University), Noel Walkington
(Carneggie-Mellon)

Contact: multiscale at math dot oregonstate dot edu

PROCEEDINGS AND MATERIALS:

We plan to publish a refereed volume of selected workshop materials
and papers after the workshop.

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From: “Prof. Rolf Jeltsch” <jeltsch@math.ethz.ch>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:03:22 +0100

International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics: ICIAM07
Zurich, 16 -20 July 2006

Extension of the ‘Early bird registration’ deadline to 31 January 2007
______________________________________________________________________
The deadline has been extended as the earlier deadline of 15 January
fell in a period where some Institution had been closed due to
holidays.

Registering by this deadline saves you 120 CHF (45 CHF for a student)
on the registration fee. Note that your payment must be made by
*February 15*.

Information on all deadlines can be found at
http://www.iciam07.ch/deadlines

To register, please,

– go to http://www.iciam07.ch/registration

If you have not been pre-registered you need first to pre-register
to obtain your login and password.

Then

– log into your account
– click on “Registration (payment)”
– and follow the instructions

Note that we expect some 3500 participants and therefore it is good to
get accommodation early. This can be done when doing the final
registration.

With best regards Rolf Jeltsch
Congress Director ICIAM07

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From: Raymond Mejia <ray@helix.nih.gov>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:56:19 -0500

2007 Annual Meeting of The Society of Mathematical Biology
July 31 – August 3, 2007
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA

Minisymposium proposals are being accepted until January 31, 2007.

Please see http://www.smb.org/meetings/annual.shtml for details.

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From: Kirsten Wilden <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:13:10 -0500

Conference Name: SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges
and Frontiers

Location: Hyatt Regency Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dates: October 9-11, 2007

The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/mi07/

Deadlines

March 9, 2007: Minisymposium proposals
April 9, 2007: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium speakers

For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at
meetings@siam.org.

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CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information

CAIMS*SCMAI E-News is distributed electronically several times a year by
the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe
Canadienne de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles
(https://www.caims.ca/).

Past issues are available on the web at
https://www.caims.ca//Society/pub.html

Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to:
caims@caims.ca/.

The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the
Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. The editorial policy of this
publication is to encourage the discussion of issues and facilitate the
dissemination of information relevant to Canadian applied and industrial
mathematics.

If you wish to have your name removed from the e-mailing list for the
CAIMS*SCMAI E-News, please send an email message to caims@caims.ca/.